OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY Providing Digital Resources to Our Members Worldwide
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OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY Providing Digital Resources to our Members Worldwide Title: The Ohio Story Radio Scripts, MSS 218 Files 1-24 Digitized Scripts Available: www.ogsarchive.org The Ohio Story scripts were donated by the author's son, Jonathan Seidel, Cleveland, Ohio, on 12 Aug 1996. The original finding aid, developed by librarian Elizabeth Glasgow, said: "Collection contains the original scripts of the radio show, The Ohio Story, which aired in Cleveland during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Collection includes 2 stapled indexes to scripts running (by location) through Ada to Mesopotamia, Ohio, and 23 spiral-bound collections of scripts. Two sheets of biographical material about the author Frank Seidel are also included. The scripts read as such, complete with orchestra prompts, commercial breaks, etc. Not all scripts in the index were included in the donation." In 2014, librarian Tom Neel received a $2000 Ohio Archives Grant (funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), an arm of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) through their State and National Archival Partnership (SNAP) Grants program) to digitize the scripts. Developed by Strongsville native and historian Frank Seidel, the shows aired three times per week from 1947 to 1967 in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Youngstown, and Zanesville. The sponsor was the Ohio Bell Telephone Company and the narrator was initially Robert Waldrop, and later, Nelson Olmsted (1914-1982). These were short pieces about Ohio communities, events, and personalities, generally ten minutes in length, and were used to fill air time after a 20-minute news block. They were conversational history, bringing in current events and a lot of humor. Later scripts were also written by William Ellis, known for his Rivers of America series. A television version was initiated in June 1952. Stuart Buchanan was the director throughout. Both Tom Field and Robert Waldrop served as announcers. The OGS collection of scripts is incomplete. We discovered that the Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland) has a partial collection and the Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Ohio History Connection (Columbus) have complete copies, but hardbound. The episodes held by OGS have been scanned and are on the web site: www.ogsarchive.org Bulk Dates: 1947-1955 Inclusive Dates: 1947-2014 Access: no restrictions OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 611 STATE ROUTE 97 W BELLVILLE OH 44813-8813 WWW.OGS.ORG File: mss218_ohio_story_radio_scripts title page.pdf OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OGS FINDING AIDS 611 State Route 97 W Users of this collection should credit the Ohio Genealogical Society in any reference citing. The OGS Archives is open to Bellville OH 44813-8813 the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM. In- 419-886-1903 quiries may also be made using the OGS Copy Service (Library section of web site) where a Manuscript Key and OGS Finding www.ogs.org Aids may also be found. MSS 218 Files 1-24 Title: The Ohio Story Radio Scripts Bulk Dates: 1947-1955 Inclusive Dates: 1947-2014 Description: 4 boxes, 24 files, containing 23 plastic comb-bound notebooks with 1309 episodes (not complete). The typed epi- sodes vary in length from 2 to 8 pages and are in 8 ½ x 11 format. Organization: Box 1 File 1 Original finding aid, 1996, E. A. Glasgow About the Project Frank Siedel Obituary and Biography (retyped) Frank Siedel Biography (original) Ohio Story Radio Scripts header designed for grant project William D. Ellis Biography William Donohue Ellis Tombstone Digitization of The Ohio Story Script, Bringing Radio Back to Life grant application Western Reserve Historical Society MS 4272 finding aid 2014 SNAP grant recipients list Ohio Story Script project task list List of missing scripts World Publishing Company records finding aid, Kent State University Frank Siedel obituary Original draft sample – Colonel Johnston’s Commission Submitted draft sample – Colonel Johnston’s Commission List of story ideas, handwritten on Manuscripts by Storycraft Incorporated stationery Location index of scripts, Ada through Mesopotamia File 2 - Volume 1, Number 1, Episodes from January to March 1947 001 – 6 Jan 1947 – Knowest thou the Land? 002 – 8 Jan 1947 – Annie Oakley 003 – 10 Jan 1947 – The French Five Hundred 004 – 13 Jan 1947 – The Muskingum Conservancy 005 – 15 Jan 1947 – The Battelle Memorial Institute 006 – 17 Jan 1947 – The Son of Mother Machree 007 – 20 Jan 1947 – The Country Store 008 – 22 Jan 1947 – John Rarey, Humanitarian 009 – 24 Jan 1947 – Little Switzerland 010 – 27 Jan 1947 – Ohio State vs. Michigan 1835 011 – 29 Jan 1947 – Everybody’s Bank 012 – 31 Jan 1947 – Johnny Appleseed 013 – 3 Feb 1947 – The Bee Man 014 – 5 Feb 1947 – The Columbus Boys’ Choir 015 – 7 Feb 1947 – Henry Howe, Traveling Historian 016 – 10 Feb 1947 – The Edison Story 017 – 12 Feb 1947 – Ohio and Lincoln 018 – 14 Feb 1947 – When Old Betsy Spoke 019 – 17 Feb 1947 – Mounties Away 020 – 19 Feb 1947 – Why Ohio is Called the Buckeye State 021 – 21 Feb 1947 – The Master of Pleasant Valley 022 – 24 Feb 1947 – Ohio’s Weather Men 023 – 26 Feb 1947 – The Hole in the Earth 024 – 28 Feb 1947 – Country Editor 025 – 3 Mar 1947 – The Telephone Comes to Ohio 026 – 5 Mar 1947 – The House that Jack Built 027 – 7 Mar 1947 – Highway Patrol 028 – 10 Mar 1947 – What’s in a Name? 029 – 12 Mar 1947 – Star Light, Star Bright 030 – 14 Mar 1947 – Cooper – Besemer 031 – 17 Mar 1947 – Secrets of the Soil 032 – 19 Mar 1947 – The Light that Burned 100 Years 033 – 21 Mar 1947 – Davey Tree Doctor 034 – 24 Mar 1947 – Richest Town in the World 035 – 26 Mar 1947 – Tell Taylor 036 – 28 Mar 1947 – Men of Zoar 037 – 31 Mar 1947 – Blennerhassett Conspiracy File 3 – Volume 1, Number 4, Episodes from October to November 1947 116 – 1 Oct 1947 – The Second Frontier 117 – 3 Oct 1947 – Zane’s Trace 118 – 6 Oct 1947 – Country Bank 119 – 8 Oct 1947 – Cleveland Play House 120 – 10 Oct 1947 – Ulysses S. Grant 121 – 13 Oct 1947 – Ohio Jigsaw 122 – 15 Oct 1947 – University of Light 123 – 17 Oct 1947 – Orrville Apple Butter 124 – 20 Oct 1947 – Ohio University 125 – 22 Oct 1947 – Captain Mary 126 – 24 Oct 1947 – Wherever Men Trade 127 – 27 Oct 1947 – The Gay Cabellero (Frank Crumit) 128 – 29 Oct 1947 – Old Granville 129 – 31 Oct 1947 – Hallowe’en at Mac-o-Chee 130 – 3 Nov 1947 – Jay Cooke, Financier 131 – 5 Nov 1947 – Air Frontier 132 – 7 Nov 1947 – Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio’s Third President 133 – 10 Nov 1947 – Dentistry’s First Home 134 – 12 Nov 1947 – Quaker Man 135 – 14 Nov 1947 – The Galloping Pen of Charles Alden Seltzer 136 – 17 Nov 1947 – Tecumseh, Chief of the Chiefs 137 – 19 Nov 1947 – The Little Red Schoolhouse 138 – 21 Nov 1947 – The Ivory Palaces 139 – 24 Nov 1947 – Under the Oberlin Elm 140 – 26 Nov 1947 – Thanksgiving on Third Street 141 – 28 Nov 1947 – The Egg and Mrs. Lifer 142 – 1 Dec 1947 – Bells of Hillsboro 143 – 3 Dec 1947 – Ohio in New York 144 – 5 Dec 1947 – Belle of the Ball 145 – 8 Dec 1947 – The Inn on the Old Portage Road 146 – 10 Dec 1947 – The Cary Sisters 147 – 12 Dec 1947 – The Amish Brethren 148 – 15 Dec 1947 – Mem’ry of Sandusky 149 – 17 Dec 1947 – Queen of the Rails 150 – 19 Dec 1947 – A College Comes to Oxford 151 – 22 Dec 1947 – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 152 – 24 Dec 1947 – The Ghost of Christmas Past 153 – 26 Dec 1947 – Dickens Didn’t Like Us 154 – 29 Dec 1947 – The Good Dr. Goodrich 155 – 31 Dec 1947 – Good Resolutions File 4 – Volume 2, Number 1, Episodes for January to March 1948 156 – 2 Jan 1948 – Crown Jewels of Oberlin 157 – 5 Jan 1948 – Ohio Story Birthday 158 – 7 Jan 1948 – Annie Oakley’s Rifle 159 – 9 Jan 1948 – Tell Taylor 160 – 12 Jan 1948 – Who is There to Mourn for Logan 161 – 14 Jan 1948 – The House that Jack Built 162 – 16 Jan 1948 – Johnny Appleseed 163 – 19 Jan 1948 – The Charity that Began at Home 164 – 21 Jan 1948 – Sunset Cox 165 – 23 Jan 1948 – The Coonskin Library 166 – 26 Jan 1948 – Old Kenyon 167 – 28 Jan 1948 – William McKinley, President 168 – 30 Jan 1948 – Super Super-Market 169 – 2 Feb 1948 – Dr. Ebersole’s Experiment 170 – 4 Feb 1948 – The Man who Wrote his Name on a Star 171 – 6 Feb 1948 – Correspondent from Pigeon Roost 172 – 9 Feb 1948 – The First Hundred Years 173 – 11 Feb 1948 – The Lincoln Men 174 – 13 Feb 1948 – The Miracle at Scio 175 – 16 Feb 1948 – The Man who Engineered a College 176 – 18 Feb 1948 – The Pied Piper of Toledo 177 – 20 Feb 1948 – Mother Thompson and the Meanest Man in Ohio 178 – 23 Feb 1948 – Golden Lamb of Lebanon 179 – 25 Feb 1948 – From the Shores of Gitche Gumee 180 – 27 Feb 1948 – Capital Makes Music 181 – 1 Mar 1948 – The Modern McGuffey 182 – 3 Mar 1948 – The Law We Live By 183 – 5 Mar 1948 – It Beats as it Sweeps as it Cleans 184 – 8 Mar 1948 – The Long-Handled Shovel 185 – 10 Mar 1948 – Ohio Northern University 186 – 12 Mar 1948 – The Everlasting Stand of General Custer 187 – 15 Mar 1948 – Howard Chandler Christy 188 – 17 Mar 1948 – The Fightin’ McCooks 189 – 19 Mar 1948 – The Toledo Plan 190 – 22 Mar 1948 – Little Ben 191 – 24 Mar 1948 – Farm and Home Week 192 – 26 Mar 1948 – Back to America’s Singing Boys 193 – 29 Mar 1948 – Ink on his Fingers 194 – 31 Mar 1948 – And Watch the Lily Grow File 5 – Volume 2, Number 2, Episodes for April to June (July) 1948 195 – 2 Apr 1948 – Ad Infinitum 196 – 5 Apr 1948 – Myeerah and the White Eagle 197 – 7 Apr 1948 – Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts 198 – 9 Apr 1948 – Tom Brown’s Book 199 – 12 Apr 1948 – The Circuit Rider 200 – 14 Apr 1948 – The Port at Toledo 201 – 16 Apr 1948 – Facts Authentication 202 – 19 Apr 1948 – Better Business 203 – 21 Apr 1948 – The Second “R” 204 – 23 Apr 1948 – Hombre from Ohio 205 – 26 Apr 1948 – The Law Begins 206 – 28 Apr 1948 – Youngstown Justice 207 – 30 Apr 1948 – The Hiram Plan 208 – 3 May 1948 – Mad Anne Bailey’s Empty Grave 209 – 5 May 1948 – Art is for Everybody 210 – 7 May 1948 – Simon Girty vs.